命不久矣
mìng​bù​jiǔ​yǐ

at death's door

  • created sense approved 命不久矣 · mìng​bù​jiǔ​yǐ · at death's door — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    命不久矣

    mìng​bù​jiǔ​yǐ

    at death's door

    not long for this world; soon to die

    命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · life 不久 (literal) → 不久 · bù​jiǔ · not long 矣 (bound) → 矣 · yǐ · [classical/final]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense